I have pro on both and like both. Is there some criteria others have used in the past to pick their favorite? They seem so similar to me. Does one have a killer feature the other does not?

  • @[email protected]
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    811 months ago

    Avelon, cuz it’s actually still being actively developed. I was excited about Bean and the excitement ended rather quickly when the development halted. If it picks back up it could take over. There’s a few that could do that though.

    If I can’t mark as read and hide as I scroll, I don’t come back to the app until new development has happened.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      311 months ago

      The last Bean release was one month ago. I would not judge that as development that is dead.

      I do notice that Avelon seems to update quicker and refresh quicker than Bean, but I’m not sure if that’s just perception 

      • @[email protected]
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        111 months ago

        I’ve had interaction with both developers. The Bean one disappeared as soon as they offered a pay model. I know that one of the people that work with them provided an update, but I just didn’t like how that all went. It’s a great app though. Avelon just currently has more of everything that I want.

        • @NightAuthor
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          211 months ago

          Thanks for the reminder, cancelled my subscription. Just had it for notifications, but Lemmios has them for free.

          • @timespace
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            511 months ago

            Arctic also has notifications and is free. much smoother thab Lemmios as well.

          • @timespace
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            411 months ago

            Arctic also has notifications and is free. much smoother thab Lemmios as well.

            • fry
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              311 months ago

              Really been liking Arctic! The app is very fast and the dev is very responsive.

          • @[email protected]
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            111 months ago

            Yeah I currently use Lemmios for that too alongside Avelon. Avelon just introduced them in the TestFlight though.

            • @NightAuthor
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              11 months ago

              Ah, seems like one of the few I’m not on test flight for.

              Edit: on it now

        • @[email protected]OP
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          -111 months ago

          Good to know. I’ll keep an eye on it. There is something about the visual presentation of Bean that I prefer. If Mlem let me only focus on unread and mark read as I scroll, I think it would be my preferred client. The developer won’t do it, but until the Lemmy API allows for marking several real posts as read at a time. I guess it’s too inefficient if not.